diff --git a/rowbot b/rowbot
index 8708ab8..050e1d9 100755
--- a/rowbot
+++ b/rowbot
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ on_sys_first_002_net() {
 
     socat "$conn_args" - <"$sock_dir"/rowbot-in.sock >"$sock_dir"/rowbot-out.sock &
     tls_pid=$!
-    exec {out_sock}>"$sock_dir"/rowbot-out.sock {in_sock}<"$sock_dir"/rowbot-in.sock
+    exec {out_sock}>"$sock_dir"/rowbot-in.sock {in_sock}<"$sock_dir"/rowbot-out.sock
     log_debug "process %d is handling tls" "$tls_pid"
   fi
 }
@@ -308,6 +308,11 @@ on_sys_exit_998_net() {
     exec {irc_sock}>&-
   else
     log_info "rowbot is closing the connection to ircs://%s:%s" "${config[server]}" "${config[port]}"
+
+    if [[ -v tls_pid ]]; then
+      kill -INT "$tls_pid"
+    fi
+
     rm -rf -- "$sock_dir"
   fi
 }